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MASON CITY — The Mason City Fire Department followed a tradition dating back to the days of horse-drawn fire engines as about a dozen firefighters pushed their new aerial firetruck into the station on Friday morning after a blessing by the Rev. Ken Gehling.

By From Staff Reports With a mighty heave — and help from its motor — the San Marcos Fire Department’s newest fire engine was pushed into its home at Station 1 Monday. Firefighters, city staff, and city council members participated in the vehicle’s pushing in ceremony, a tradition that dates back to the days when new horse-drawn fire engines would be unhooked from the team delivering them and ...

Dexter will take a step back in time on June 21 when the 2013 Friendship Wagon Train rides through town. Rain or shine, a group of horse-drawn wagons carrying about 100 people are traveling at 3 1?2 miles per hour from one town to the next for one week. The wagon train, which rides through [...]

on June 18, 2013 Source: Austin Daily Herald

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"As evidenced by this catastrophe," Stewart wrote in the letter, dated Tuesday, "horse-drawn carriages aren't just cruel to the horses who are forced to work long hours in extreme weather conditions while walking on hard pavement and inhaling...

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is "a tragical, magical idea, which sees a group of extraordinary people travelling around London in a horse-drawn theatre, but nobody's paying attention to them," says former Monty Python star Gilliam.